so very virtual is a free weekly newsletter featuring online opportunities, virtual events, and helpful resources for these pandemic times. if you’re new, start here.
Action Alerts 🔔
Steps to support a better world
Call Congress for a Long Covid Moonshot.
Sign on to The People’s CDC’s COVID Isolation Expert Letter.
Virtual Events 🎟
Mostly free, low-cost, and scholarship-supported virtual or hybrid events
Performance for Movement Building: Art & Language Justice in Disabled Communities with New York Public Library and Sins Invalid — Wednesday, April 17th at 6:30 PM ET // Free
Layering Emotions Writing Workshop w/ Damien Pine with Blue Stoop — Thursday, April 18th from 4:00 to 5:00 PM ET // Free
4/20: A Queer, Crip, Celebration of Herbs with Stoned & Fruity and DisabiliT4T — April 20th from 3:00 to 9:00 PM ET / 12:00 to 6:00 PM PT // Sliding Scale + no one turned away for lack of funds
Online Dance Class with Nickle — Wednesdays from April 24th to May 29th from 6:00 to 7:15 PM ET // $80 - $120 + no one turned away for lack of funds
Trains of Thought Writing Workshop w/ Jackie Torres with Blue Stoop — Thursday, April 25th from 4:00 to 5:00 PM ET // Free
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire by Alice Wong Panel Event — April 25th at 7:00 PM ET // Free
Stop People Pleasing on the Page with Permission to Write — Sunday, April 28th at 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT // $60
Rethinking Narrative Structure with Blue Stoop — Wednesday, May 1st from 6:00 to 9:00 PM ET // $65 with financial aid available to residents of Greater Philadelphia
Ambitious, Aren't We? Three Poems in Three Hours with GrubStreet — May 4th from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM ET // $85 with scholarships available
Writing Romance with Permission to Write — Saturdays, May 4th and May 18th at 11:00 AM ET // 8:00 AM PT // $120
Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition with Haymarket Books — Tuesday, May 7th from 5:00 to 6:30 PM ET // Free with donations encouraged
May Grubby Desk Lunch with GrubStreet — May 8th from 12:30 to 1:15 PM ET // Free
Mathematics for Herbalists: Calculations for Effective Herbal Preparations Workshop with Sacred Vibes Apothecary — May 9th at 6:30 PM ET // $45
Online Opportunities 🛋
Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more
Sanctuary Coach Training by Unicorn Authors Club — Apply by April 26th.
SAD Fair Vendor Application — Apply by April 27th.
Translation Summer Online Adult Workshop by The Kenyon Review — Apply by April 28th.
Hood Herbalism — Apply by April 30th.
Legacy Playwright Grants by AGE in the Arts— Apply by May 15th.
Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors short story contest — Apply by June 24th.
Radical Identity Development eCourse Summer 2024 for graduate students
The Writer’s Room for women writers over 40
Remote Resources 📘
Support and info for these pandemic times
What's Up With COVID and How to Protect Yourself Zine by Hazel Newlevant
Mask Buying Guide by Mask Bloc Seattle
About Justin
Justin Clarel is a Black queer writer, performer, and educator creating vibrant stories for a better world. They are most proud of their work with sketch comedy team The Rhubarbs, original works for stage and screen, and love for musical theatre. Keep up with their adventures at @theeclarel and theeclarel.com.